The coating on Czech pearls is fairly thin, and I don't know how durable it is. Also, inevitably a few pearls will be missing some coating around one of the holes (a common defect with Czech coated beads). A few pearls may also have some anomalies in the coating, such as bumps, indentations or a bit of dirt.

How photographed:

At the window in natural daylight.

Comments:

Important: The color of the beads is lighter and richer than the picture indicates. It is possible that the beads have lightened whilte in the box, but they still have a very rich blue color.

My blurb above about the defects was written for beads from the old manufacturer. These beads look like they may be more perfect than the old ones.